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Misrepresented hospital reaffirms commitment to quality care
- . 27 April 2023
Calvary Public Hospital has reaffirmed its commitment to professional, non-judgmental quality care after the health facility was misrepresented at an ACT abortion inquiry last week. Source: Catholic Voice.
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Health Minister to address Catholic sector’s annual conference
- . 19 April 2023
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler will speak at Catholic Health Australia’s annual conference in Perth in August.
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Catholic sector calls for nurses’ accommodation near hospitals
- . 17 April 2023
Catholic Health Australia is calling on Labor to re-establish targeted accommodation for nurses close to where they work in a bid to alleviate shortages and help hospitals retain staff. Source: The Australian.
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Catholic sector says funds should pay for home health services
- . 13 April 2023
Catholic Health Australia is calling for an overhaul of private health insurance to force funds to pay for home health services to reduce pressures on the nation’s hospitals. Source: The Australian.
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Telethon grant will help parents keep an ‘Angel Eye’ on newborns
- . 3 April 2023
The St John of God Foundation has been awarded a grant from Western Australia’s Channel 7 Telethon Trust which will be used to help monitor the health and wellbeing of newborns who need specialist care. Source: The Record.
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Anti-slavery commissioner to address Catholic Health Australia conference
- . 31 March 2023
The New South Wales anti-slavery commissioner and a modern slavery survivor will address Catholic Health Australia’s annual conference, to be held in Perth in August.
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Virtual tour shows challenges of living with intellectual disability
- . 28 March 2023
An Albury study by disability service provider Mercy Connect has used virtual reality to give users a first-hand glimpse of what living with an intellectual disability is like. Source: Catholic Health Australia.
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Catholic health care institutions in US ‘should not perform gender transitions’
- . 23 March 2023
The United States bishops have issued new guidance that Catholic health care institutions must not perform gender transition interventions, whether surgical or chemical, on a person regardless of their age. Source: Crux.
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Give nurses and pharmacists a bigger role: Productivity Commission
- . 20 March 2023
Governments have created barriers to productivity across the nation’s burgeoning care economy by legislating innovation-stifling staff-to-client ratios and inefficient funding models in health care, the Productivity Commission warns. Source: The Australian.